Section 19-4333. MENTOR-PROTÉGÉ PROGRAM

 

4333.1The CCO shall establish a mentor-protégé program designed to match prime contractors with local, small, disadvantaged business enterprises certified by the D.C. Department of Small and Local Business Development for participation in Library procurement opportunities.

 

4333.2The program shall allow approved prime contractors, serving as mentors, to provide assistance to certified local, small, disadvantaged business enterprise firms, serving as protégés, to improve their ability to successfully compete for Library contracts.

 

4333.3Approved prime contractors who team with protégés shall be given a maximum of five (5) preference points when the competitive sealed proposal method of procurement is utilized.

 

4333.4Approved prime contractors who team with protégés shall have their total evaluated bid price reduced by five percent (5%) when the competitive sealed bidding method of procurement is utilized.

 

4333.5Mentor-protégé relationships shall have a minimum duration of three (3) years and may be terminated under the following circumstances:

 

(a) Mentors are no longer in good financial condition;

 

(b) Mentors or protégés are delinquent in District taxes or any District debt;

 

(c) A protégé is removed from or no longer is a participant in the District’s local, small, disadvantaged business enterprise program;

 

(d) The mentor-protégé relationship has expired; or 

 

(e) Other relevant reasons.

4333.6Firms participating in Library procurement opportunities shall clearly identify mentor-protégé relationships by submitting the appropriate documentation with bids or proposals in order to receive preference points or percentages outlined in this section. The appropriate documentation shall be identified in the Library's mentor-protégé program.

 

4333.7The CCO shall establish the Library's mentor-protégé program within 12 months from issuance of these regulations.

 

authority

The Board of Library Trustees (Board) through D.C. Official Code § 39-105 (2011 Supp.) designated the Chief Librarian to establish rules and manage the day-to-day operations of the library. The Board, pursuant to the authority set forth in An Act To establish and provide for the maintenance of a free public library and reading room in the District of Columbia, approved June 3, 1896, 29 Stat. 244, ch. 315, § 5; April 1, 1926, 44 Stat. 230, ch. 98, § 5; Mar. 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139, § 3205 (jjj); 25 DCR 5740); Sept. 5, 1985 (D.C. Law 6 – 17, § 2; 32 DCR 3582); Apr. 12, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-259, § 316; 44 DCR 1423); Oct. 21, 1998 (112 Stat. 2681 – 146, Pub. L. 105 – 277, § 156 (codified at D.C. Official Code § 39-105); 27 DCRR § 2.1, 24 DCR 11011, 11014 (June 30, 1978); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 38 DCR 1011 (February 8, 1991).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 493 (January 18, 2008); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 2712, 2713 (April 6, 2012).